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It's back to the future for JBS

Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, by Walt Barnhart guest contributor

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.Ecclesiastes...

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Cow-Calf

Quest For Quality

By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

When you come to a fork in the road, observed the legendary Yogi Berra, take it. Reeves and Betsy Brown can appreciate that advice, because that's exactly...

2008 grass cattle planning prices

by Harlan Hughes contributing editor

After 30 years of government-supported and stabilized corn markets, the new biofuels era features no government- or farmer-held corn reserves and highly...

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Feedlot

Playing The Hand

By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

As a cattle feeder, observes Alan Janzen, I have to look at what I'm faced with; what is the practical issue here? It's always been thus in a business...

Violative residues

by Clint Peck contributing editor

The elimination of violative residues in beef is one of the most important elements facing ranchers and cattle feeders in producing safe food products....

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Processing

It's back to the future for JBS

Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, by Walt Barnhart guest contributor

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.Ecclesiastes...

When Will We Have An Answer On JBS?

Jun 16, 2008 9:45 AM, By Burt Rutherford

That was the question on most minds during the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) meeting this week in Colorado Springs. However, Douglas Ross...

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Retail

More on irradiation

We're pleased that the article titled Getting The Upper Hand (page 28, May BEEF) describes irradiation as a surefire solution that does work. The bottom...

The road to the summit

by Joe Roybal editor

Registration is now open for the 2008 BEEF Quality Summit, BEEF magazine's third annual symposium on the beef quality topic. The theme of this year's...

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Seedstock

Continuing Commitment

By Kindra Gordon

The challenge to BIF is to remain dynamic and move into the 21st century with a program attuned to the technology of that era. Embryo transfer, cloning...

Forty Years of Foresight

By Kindra Gordon

January 1967 marked an important beginning for the beef industry. Cattle producers and researchers gathered in Denver for a meeting during the National...

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Stocker

Use Target Grazing To Take Aim At Invasive Weeds

Kindra Gordon for the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

There's a new buzzword out West when it comes to grazing --targeted grazing...

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From Our Columnists

Jim Gerrish

Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut

Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...

Jim Gerrish Archive

Harlan Hughes

Buy/sell margins - part III

The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...

Harlan Hughes Archive

Mark Hilton

Planning for successful breeding

What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...

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